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Assassination of Abe – Abe’s Legacy Will be Fulfilled

Hubby, while reading the news this morning said “ former Japanese Prime Minister has been assassinated” My response was “ That’s not a good sign” I stand by my initial assessment which was accompanied by a real sense of dread. The shooter and his bizarre/absurd home made gun is a distraction. Sleight of hand. Not […]

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Ukraine: HIMARS destroyed, Wheat for Rubles, Ukraine Holds Grain Hostage and more.

Russia is claiming they’ve struck 2 HIMARS missile systems and 2 ammunition depots as well. Ukraine denies. If I was going to bet, I’d put my money down on the Russia claim being accurate. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/6/russia-destroy-us-himar-weapons-in-ukraine-defence-ministry Russia claims it also destroyed two ammunition depots storing rockets for the HIMARS near a village south of Kramatorsk. The […]

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Update on Sakhalin LNG- Rouble for Gas Expansion?

Gazprom proposes adding LNG to rouble-for-gas scheme -Ifax MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) – Russian gas producer Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has proposed expanding its rouble-for-gas scheme for pipeline gas to include liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Interfax news agency quoted a senior manager as saying on Monday. The proposal from Kirill Polous, a deputy department head at […]

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NATO Signs Accession for Sweden And Finland- Turkey May Still Veto

Effectively nothing has changed in the Turkish stance. Turkey’s leadership stated they may VETO and they are still making the same statement.Despite flawed interpretations made by some on line who’ve opted to NOT take notice of actual statements and advance preconceived notions of their own. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-turkey-sweden-169a0386e3f6016da0b519b265645575 BRUSSELS (AP) — The 30 NATO allies signed off […]

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Russia/Separatists Control Luhansk as Lyschansk Taken- Negotiatons on the Horizon?

Zelensky says they will take the region back https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/4/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-pledges-to-regain-lysychansk Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged that his forces have withdrawn from the bombed-out city of Lysychansk, the last Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk province. But he pledged late on Sunday to regain control of the lost territory with the help of long-range Western weapons. […]

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Meanwhile in Russia’s Far East: Sakhalin LNG

Russia is moving to further tighten its grip on the nation’s oil and natural gas supplies, issuing a decree for the country to take over the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on Sakhalin Island north of Japan. An executive order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to “protect the national interests” calls for […]

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EU Commission to “Allow” Resumption of Russian Transport to Kaliningrad

The writing was on the wall for this action. The provocative move by Lithuania was not heartily endorsed by the EU as a whole. In fact the action accentuated the divisions that already existed. Russia did carry on supplying Kaliningrad by air and sea. Berlin and Brussels push for end to Kaliningrad transit sanctions – […]

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Turkey still has final say on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

I’ve been watching this news and the way it’s been presented and the one thought that ran through my mind repeatedly was…. “This deal is not being presented accurately” Following realpolitik for more years than I care to admit.. Since March 2008. Which means after just over 14 years there are some things you know […]

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A Pivotal Moment In Eastern Ukraine

The US is escalating. The global masses should be up in arms. Europe should get ready to freeze. Many will starve. Trudeau needs to go and Freeland cannot replace him. It’s looking ugly

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Ukraine’s Battlefield Losses, Fudged Military Stats.Spin Wins? Retreat from Severodonetsk

As mentioned in yesterday’s report. Trump administration official said. “And they are losing a lot of experienced people.” Ukraine has been taking unsustainable military losses. For quite some time now.Through death, injury and desertion. From a Sky News report Ukraine war: 80% of troops killed or injured in elite military unit, says commander – and […]